MSIL/Agent.UWZ removal

The MSIL/Agent.UWZ is considered dangerous by lots of security experts. When this infection is active, you may notice unwanted processes in Task Manager list. In this case, it is adviced to scan your computer with GridinSoft Anti-Malware.

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What MSIL/Agent.UWZ virus can do?

Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
Authenticode signature is invalid
Anomalous .NET characteristics
Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine MSIL/Agent.UWZ?


File Info:
name: 72C65C50C4C7B5C60CFB.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/b3a3fd20b47bde45697625911a9f958a5646c5d823f4a9df5839877123b5cf08
crc32: DC4CC3A4
md5: 72c65c50c4c7b5c60cfb929a3592245f
sha1: 427cd8d39381bc85f8e2c970edc644598194f1e6
sha256: b3a3fd20b47bde45697625911a9f958a5646c5d823f4a9df5839877123b5cf08
sha512: cc43438adf43d9fce56b3748dcb1f9140dc18975132116a79bce9ba91f20a4c54ab1415ff1a6cf99554465d64b328784f8e9a36edc88f56c052d9cfbfc565ec3
ssdeep: 96:3iTEw/Pq23DvGaUwV4m9xh79fIBavGRsLevQELgEL8lzNt:3ic2rd+mLB9gBavCLo
type: PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows
tlsh: T164E1E60577F8C618F1FA4F3A29B213601776FAA61A66C7DE1988021C6CB1AC45D937F3
sha3_384: ee01c0526611c285bb7e4838efbb3851dbb4bfabfe501647662b937835ab5609a79fe31a74aee3f83b59d3184d20c5a1
ep_bytes: 4d5a90000300000004000000ffff0000
timestamp: 2021-11-19 18:20:09

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
FileDescription:  
FileVersion: 0.0.0.0
InternalName: 2-uninstaller.exe
LegalCopyright:  
OriginalFilename: 2-uninstaller.exe
ProductVersion: 0.0.0.0
Assembly Version: 0.0.0.0

MSIL/Agent.UWZ also known as:

Lionic	Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
FireEye	Generic.mg.72c65c50c4c7b5c6
McAfee	Artemis!72C65C50C4C7
Cylance	Unsafe
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0058947f1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 0058947f1 )
Cyren	W64/MSIL_Troj.BCG.gen!Eldorado
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.MBT
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Agent.UWZ
APEX	Malicious
Paloalto	generic.ml
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Agent.gen
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.38193228
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.38193228
Avast	Win64:MalwareX-gen [Trj]
Tencent	Trojan.Win64.BitCoinMiner.16000099
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.38193228
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0WL821
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis!Trojan
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.38193228 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.38193228
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1143071
Gridinsoft	Ransom.Win64.Sabsik.sa
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win.Generic.C4817061
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.38193228
MAX	malware (ai score=80)
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0WL821
Ikarus	Trojan.MSIL.Agent
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_96%
Fortinet	MSIL/Agent.UWZ!tr
AVG	Win64:MalwareX-gen [Trj]
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen

How to remove MSIL/Agent.UWZ?

MSIL/Agent.UWZ removal tool

Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
Open GridinSoft Anti-Malware and perform a “Standard scan“.
“Move to quarantine” all items.
Open “Tools” tab – Press “Reset Browser Settings“.
Select proper browser and options – Click “Reset”.
Restart your computer.

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Paul Valéry

I'm a cyber security analyst and data science expert with 5+ years of experience with security software contractors.

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